Heavy Rain Causes Road Closures and Flooding in County
Rain totaling 2.91 inches in 48 hours backed up the Cowans Creek dam causing eight to ten feet of flood over Route 730 and into basements across the city. Route 123 near Blanchester also closed, others flooded as streams rose. City crews pumped cellars. officials noted no dam damage to the dam.
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Cowans Creek
Lamar Thornburg
State Highway Department
Clinton County
CCC
Sabina
Brown County
Blanchester
Cowans Creek Lake
Sprague Road
Harry Clark
Robert C. Stephens
Meeting Scheduled In School Dispute
Representatives of the Real Estate Owners Association will meet Twinsburg School Board to resolve a dispute that has closed the grade and high school since Monday. The groups, opposed and backed respectively, met three hours with little headway but agreed reopening and keeping teachers on the job are desirable.
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Twinsburg
Real Estate Owners’ Association
The Passing Show on Courtesy at the Post Office
A Wilmington post office scene sparks debate on male courtesy. A man arrives first for a three cent stamp and holds the door for a woman with many packages, then waits while she mails her items. The discussion asks if she should have urged him to proceed.
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Wilmington
F-61s to Leave CCAF Base After Cloud Project Ends
Four F-61 aircraft used at Clinton County Air Force Base for Thunderstorm and Cloud Physics Projects will be shipped. Two are ready for Wright-Patterson overhaul, two more to depart around January 1. Officials say no replacement orders yet and a B-50 may be assigned for testing new automatic equipment.
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Wright—Patterson Air Force Base
Mother Offers Eye To Settle Debts
Cincinnati headline reports Mrs Ellen Peters 21 of Cincinnati offering to sell one of her eyes to help her family of five, including a third child on the way, and debts for her husband Ernest Peters a $30 weekly painter apprentice.
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Cincinnati
Ellen Peters
Ernest
Uncle Must Die for Part in Slaying
Ova B. Curnutt, 45, of Cincinnati, must die January 14 in the Ohio Penitentiary electric chair for inducing his nephew to commit murder. His nephew Elmer Curnutt, 21, was executed the previous July for the robbery slaying of Thomas Wilson, a crippled cafe owner, on December 2, 1947.
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Columbus
Ova B. Curnutt
Cincinnati
Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
Curnutt
Elmer Curnutt
Thomas Wilson
Eleven Die as Fireworks Plant Explosion in Guatemala
Eleven killed and 15 injured when a fireworks plant filled Christmas orders exploded in Guatemala City. Among the dead were infants and several wounded.
Relocation of CCC Is Protested at Meeting
Justice Department files civil suit to break up a world cartel in natural rubber products. Attorney General Clark announces action in Federal District Court at Cleveland. Defendants named include United States Rubber Company, Consolidated Rubber Manufacturers, Ltd., and Dunlop Rubber Company, Ltd.
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Washington
Justice Department
Clark
Federal District Court
Cleveland
United States
United States Rubber Company
New York
Consolidated Rubber Manufacturers, Ltd
London
Dunlop Rubber Company, Ltd
Bids to be opened Friday on Clarksville project protests noted
Hearing on the relocation of the CCC Highway from Sligo to a point southwest of Clarksville in Warren county was held. Bids on the project are to be opened Friday by the State Highway Department in Columbus. Mrs Lowes protested as owner of the Harvey farm. other officials voiced concerns about bypass effects and maintenance of abandoned sections.
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J. Arthur Goldschmidt
State Highway Department
Division 8
Middletown
CCC
Sligo
Clarksville
Warren County
Commissioners’ Office
Columbus
H. A. Lowes
Cincinnati
E. W. Harvey
Thomas Downing
Frank Thatcher
Clinton County
Matthew B. Fife
Turner Tedrick
Frank Mhunnicutt
Thatcher
Maynard Hagemeyer
H. O. Bailey
L. F. Wertz
Warren
Lowes
Robert E. Willis
Fayette County
Downing
Highway Department
Will of Anna McCarthy Leaves Bequest to Church
The will, dated November 18 and probated in New York, leaves 500 dollars to the pastor of St. Columbkille Church for a pulpit or improvements in memory of James McCarthy. It bequeaths one fifth of the residue to nephews William and Charles McCarthy of Wilmington, with three fifths divided among others. Executor is Francis J. MacIntyre of New York. estate value about 20 000 dollars, subject to appraisal for inheritance tax.
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New York
News-Journal
Anna McCarthy
William
Charles McCarthy
South South Street
Wilmington
William T. Collins
St. Columbkille Catholic Church
James McCarthy
Francis J. MacIntyre
Central Park South
Tiny, Fast Plane Has Made First Flight
Northrop reports the X-4, a 7,000 pound near sonic research aircraft, has successfully flown at Muroc testing base. The tiny swept back wing plane aims to expand Air Force knowledge of high speed flight.
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Hawthorne
Calif
Northrop
Air Force
Muroc
Half Million Fire Sweeps Ford Plant
A $500,000 blaze swept a Ford Rouge plant in Detroit that destroyed materials for 200 cars. Workers moved over 20 Mercury cars to safety. three men and six women were rescued by fire crews. No injuries were reported. about 300 people were at work.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Big Rouge
Architect Faces 50000 Bill for Apple Creek Hospital Mistakes
Joseph A. Gattozzi, dismissed last month as architect of the $3,300,000 Apple Creek State Hospital, will be billed about $50,000 for glaring and costly mistakes in his plans. State Public Works Director George B. Sowers said the plans were incomplete, uncoordinated and incorrect.
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Columbus
Joseph A. Gattozzi
Apple Creek State Hospital
George B. Sowers
Rifle Fire Echoes in Encircled Peiping City
Marines ordered to protect American lives and property but not defend the city. Peiping remains under communist encirclement with rifle fire heard but daily life continuing within the ancient walls.
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Washington
Shanghai
City
State Department
Peiping
Kelsey on Ship Becomes Navigator on U S S Bayfield in Shanghai
Lt Cmdr Philip C Kelsey son of Mr and Mrs H H Kelsey of 766 Rombach avenue serves as navigator and third in command of the U S S Bayfield which arrived at Shanghai today with the first Marines to land there since 1941.
Communists Attack Near Peiping Amid Fire and Rumors of Talks
Reports say skirmishes spill over suburbs west of the city walls as small arms, mortars, and light artillery echo through Peiping. Red forces probe toward bottling the capital while rumours grow of peace negotiations with Gen Fu Tso Yi, North China commander.
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Peiping
Fu Tso-Yi
North China
Reds
Gen
Resolutions on Program at Grange Meeting
Ohio State Grange opened final sessions as resolutions on farm parity voting machines and road damage were discussed. Joseph W. Fichter was re elected state master with Chester B Alspach and John Kelser contending for the post. Rep Frances Bolton and Gov elect Lausche attended the banquet.
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Cleveland
Ohio State Grange
Joseph W. Fichter
Oxford
Chester B. Alspach
Canal Winchester
John Kelser
Medina
Dellas Worley
Lebanon
Kelser
Ross K. Lawrence
Ceshocton
C. C. Linerode
Stark County
Ohio
Grange
Frances P. Bolton
Frank J. Lausche
Oxide Plant to Hire Workers
Columbus reports the American Zinc Oxide Co plans to replace about 120 CIO Smelter Workers Union members who did not return to work by December 15. Management said only a few strikers came back and that hiring of new workers would begin immediately. the plant normally employs around 150 production workers, with all but about 30 on strike.
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Columbus
American Zinc Oxide Co
CIO
William Z. Maidens
British carrier damaged amid sabotage suspicions
The British navy probes damage on an aircraft carrier after reports of sabotage. Four papers doubt the cause while one says sabotage is possible. steel bolts were found in the oil pit of the main engine gearbox.
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London
U S Appeals Court Power Over Tojo Trial Questioned
The United States urged the Supreme Court not to allow the Tokyo tribunal to be reviewed by the court. Solicitor General Perlman warned against tampering with the war crimes process, saying it would hinder international law and world peace. The brief supports rejecting appeals from two condemned defendants and five others serving prison terms.
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Washington
United States
Supreme Court Today
International Tribunal
Tojo
Tokyo Tribunal
Philip B. Perlman
Inter
United Nations
Perlman
High Court
French Destroy Towers for Soviet Radio
French forces blew up two Soviet controlled radio Berlin towers near Tegel field to prevent airlift danger. German authorities noted the demolition ended a four power dispute while Russia retained other outlets at Deutschland sender east of the city.
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Berlin
Radio
Germany
Deutschland
Jean Ganeval
Ganeval
Tegel Field
Committee Says Set Up Not Working
A Hoover Commission task force finds the national defense system costly and not functioning well. It urges six reforms including direct Defense Secretary control, better service teamwork, budget overhaul, and closer links between science and strategic planning.
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Washington
Hoover Commission
Commission On Organization
Herbert Hoover
Secretary of Defense
Fear Split in Farm Bureau Convention
Atlantic City N J December 16 The American Farm Bureau Federation faced a potential split on federal farm programs on the convention’s final day Delegates divided over future price support aid for farm products One southern bloc urged wartime supports for major crops while midwestern delegates favored lower supports under the Aiken Hope law passed by the 80th Congress
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Atlantic City
N. J
American Farm Bureau Federation
Bureau
South
Aiken-Hope
New Type Mining Machine Unveiled
A $50 000 revolutionary Joy Manufacturing Co continuous mining machine designed to dig coal at two tons per minute was unveiled at the Mathies mine near Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Coal Co purchased the device, first shown yesterday at the south of Pittsburgh facility.
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Pittsburgh
Joy Manufacturing Co
Pittsburgh Coal Co
Mathies
Trains Sideswipe Locomotives Derby Five Freight Cars
Two Chesapeake and Ohio locomotives sideswiped at Cliffside Ky derailing five freight cars and blocking the main line. No injuries reported and traffic halted on the line.
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Ashland
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Cliffside
Junta Takes Over In El Salvador
A five man Junta has seized El Salvador’s government in Latin America’s fifth army uprising this year. The bulletin from San Salvador claims absolute calm and public approval for the action. In Costa Rica two prisoners allege Somoza supports the Costa Rican invasion and accuse Rafael Calderon Guardia of seeking the presidency with a military Junta blocking his return.
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Guatemala
el Salvador
Latin America
San Salvador
Little Republic
San Jose
Costa Rica
la Cruz
Anastasio Somoza
Rafael Calderon Guardia
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